Oligarchy

An oligarchy is a system where a selected or elite few are in power of a state. Oligarchies are usually secular and are seen to encompass such ideas as fascism, communism, and meritocracy.

Fascism
Fascism is an oligarchic ideology. It believes in the principle that man has a destiny for greatness and that the people and government should be nationalistic participants in aiding this process. Religiously, fascism is atheistic. As pop culture and consumerism replace religion in democracies, fascistic governments try to replace religion with fascism (this strive for perfection). Historically it's been seen to be successful in its beginnings. Both fascist Germany and Italy experienced immense populist support and economic growth. Unfortunately, the only examples of fascism to come about were extremely diplomatically unhealthy. Fascistic nations have been seen to be invasive of their neighbors, brutalistic to their people, and inevitably flawed in military tactics which is why they were defeated in the second World War.

Communism
Inspired by the beliefs of Jewish armchair-philosopher Karl Marx, Communism is an oligarchic ideology. It believes in the principles of democratic equality, but sees hierarchy as unnatural, thinking that capitalism and those successful are evil and at constant odds with the lower class they call the "proletariat". According to "the book", the communist solution is to have all property and industry socialized and communally owned. In their ideal world, borders and race are non-existent and weapons unnecessary as their state is perfect. However this is obviously impossible and communist-overthrows of monarchies or democracies always end up with an oligarchical elite and a dictatorship in order to function. This was seen to happen with Russia, Cuba, and China.

Typical Strategies
Oligarchies are anti-democratic and anti-monarchist. Oligarchs tend to stage votes and not count them.

Notable Oligarchies

 * 1) The Deep State
 * 2) Nazi Germany
 * 3) Modern China
 * 4) The U.S.S.R.